Justice League: Dark [Blu-ray]

Justice League: Dark is yet another DC DTV movie set in their revamped universe based on the "New 52" comics imprint. While the movie is set between Justice League vs Teen Titans and Teen Titans: The Judas Contract and follows the same continuity it's not directly related to neither, being a standalone side story. It's also, easily, the best of these movies until this point since the revamp, and for now the one I can see myself rewatching multiple times.The story is as follows: all over the globe people are hallucinating others as if they were demons and monsters, causing irreparable physical and psychological damage to them and themselves. The Justice League reasons this is a mystical attack, so Batman decides to recruit the help of occult detective John Constantine in order to figure out the origin of this attack. Due to the nature of the situation, other mystical beings join the quest, temporarily forming the titular group, the Justice League Dark, as they work an uphill battle to stop the threat before an increasingly powerful villain brings humanity to its end.Unless you happen to be one of the three people on the planet who's not familiar with Batman, you don't need to have watched any of the previous movies to understand any of these characters. All of them are well introduced and given their due. The villain manages to be quite impressive and scarily powerful. The stakes are quite high, and it's shown. It's also a film in which victory comes at a high price, and things don't neatly return to the status quo once it ends.There's really a lot to like about this movie. The action is great, and the animation does it justice. Voice acting is pretty much top notch as well. Also, the movie doesn't waste any time with unneeded scenes, silly slapstick or irritating pop songs, like previous movies in the series would do. It's great that this movie pays attention to the often-overlooked mystical side of DC, and the fact that Batman isn't given top attention, even if the movie could easily justify it, is fantastic. I love Batman, but DC tends to be unable to show restraint with his presence.The extras are on par to what these movies tend to offer. I am a bit sad that at some point they decided to include just 2 bonus cartoons from previous DC animation rather than 4, but the rest of the stuff is still interesting. Though I'm a bit puzzled to the inclusion of "sneak peeks" to a couple of movies that have been released years before. Also, it's curious that one of the features is dedicated to the team member with the least screen time while there's none dedicated to two of the most important ones.In any case, I most definitely recommend this film. Probably not to children, though. They might get a kick out of the action scenes, but the general tone of the movie and the characters need a more developed mind to be appreciated. Not to mention that there are some things that might definitely scare away younger kids. Everyone else should check the film, particularly if you're into magic and sorcery.

Excellent adaptation. Full disclosure: I am a 52-year-old comic book geek who was a comics guy (primarily DC) way before it was cool. I adored the live action Constantine TV series. (Let us speak not of the Keanu Reeves movie.)When DC tore apart their continuity and introduced the ultimately ill-advised "New 52," there were a few bright spots. My absolute favorite: Justice League Dark. And this animated movie does a great job of taking the best of that series, adding Matt Ryan's absolutely pitch-perfect portrayal of Constantine, and coming up with a winner.Batman is in this as something of an audience surrogate. Face it, he's easier to relate to than Zatanna, Constantine, or Deadman. And, frankly, he's a marketing move. But, it works.Bottom line: If you enjoyed either the JLD comics and/or the NBC TV show, you're gonna love this. And I'm glad they released it as an R rating. I am the first to decry violence for its own sake, but the material here demands it.CW Seed is getting ready to release a Constantine web series, again with Matt Ryan behind the mic. Can't wait.And yeah, the little Constantine figure is cool!

After having seen Justice league Dark I really, really want to see DC animation tackle Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, particularly Prelude and Nocturns as an animated feature. This just proves the dark, supernatural, adult content from DC can be adapted into a good feature.Justice League Dark is an excellent film with gorgeous animation and fantastic voice acting. It is a better Constantine movie than the actual Constantine movie starring Keanu Reeves. Justice League Dark can easily serve as a crash course on the mystical side of DC for any newbies to the DC continuity or just to the supernatural side of DC. It features such characters as Batman, Zatana, Deadman, Constantine, Swamp Thing, Felix Faust, and The House of Mystery.I strongly recommend this movie and hope DC considers doing more of their occult themed stuff in animated form.

The DCAU hit a rough patch for a while with some subpar films. These animated films are better than the DC live action films. This is no exception. It's great to see Matt Ryan reprising his role as John Constitine from the live action series on NBC and on CW' s Arrow and also the wonderful character Zatanna. It's great to see the supernatural aspect of the Justice League. Hopefully, we'll see more of the more obscure DC characters get the spotlight. The Phantom Stranger deserve a solo animated feature as well as the Question. The Swamp Thing adds to the creepiness of the film. All in all a pretty good entry to the DCAU Add this one to your collection.

As a long-time fan of both the concept and the characters, and also a fan of the more mature fantasy/fiction scene, I really truly enjoyed this one. The animation was expressive and dynamic as always, the characterization hit all the right (somber, serious, and sassy) notes for the JLD team, and the interactions between the characters was just the right balance between plot-driven and a little touch of personal drama, without needlessly wedging the drama in as a clumsy sideplot. After some of DC's recent comic stunts, I was worried this movie would be watered down from the essence of that dark, otherworldly, borderline satirical tone known to Constantine, Swamp Thing, and even Zatanna to an extent.. but I was pleasantly surprised, and thoroughly enjoyed this movie from beginning to end. This has to be one of the DC Animated Universe's most coherent and smoothly-plotted animated movies yet.

Finally this film seems a long time in the making...Strange things are happening that leave the Justice League at a loss,so Batman reluctantly goes in search of John Constantine(voiced by Matt Ryan who played him in tv show) via Zatanna who is also a reluctant participant. The film is NOT suitable for younger kids as you can imagine John Constantine is a foul mouth,sarcastic,cynical but funny guy,who doesn't hold back on his thoughts and feelings. This film shoes how/who the J.L dark team comes together,learning to work as a team against an ancient evil,bent on world domination & destruction (aren't they always)...hopefully not the only film they do as they are a refreshing change from the usual J.L team. A great story,and a good edition to the JL team,but def has more adult themes. A good buy and great watch.

Justice League Dark [Blu-ray ]Another beautiful addition to the DC animated movie universe! This is the second 'R' rated animated film from DC. Justice League Dark isn’t a direct adaption of the comic of the same name, but rather loosely borrows its concepts. There’s a magical threat - people are imagining everyone around them as demons and taking violent measures to be rid of them - and the Justice League isn’t fit to handle it. Batman teams up with sorcerer/conman John Constantine and magician Zatanna to round up a group of supernatural heroes that can help. Thus, Justice League Dark is born. A dark, gritty movie that any true fan of the genre is bound to love! Justice League Dark [Blu-ray

Justice League Dark is the halfway point for the DCAMU (DC Animated Movie Universe). And the first R rated entry. It doesn't really earn it's R rating though. It's a bit more violent, has some disturbing imagery, and some sexually suggestive conversations, but otherwise it's the usual DC animated fare.It starts with the Justice League investigating a series of paranormal violent events around the world. Then Batman unwittingly takes on the investigation and is joined by the cast you see on the cover of the Blu-Ray. It has some good action, and a compelling story. There's some funny/memorable bits with Batman, so that's always appreciated. Overall, it was definitely an enjoyable watch. The DC animated movies have a very consistent feel and quality to them. This one I'd say is a just a bit higher than the others. I'm still surprised they continued the Justice League Dark brand with Apokolips War, but I suppose it was to keep the R rated films under one brand.Bought this for $11.99. Definitely worth it. Came with Digital HD (Ultraviolet). Though Ultraviolet is no longer around, I was able to transfer everything to Google Play, and now can enjoy it easily on Youtube.

I loved this movie. While different than the other justice league movies, as it is much more violent, it centers more on other characters that are somehow connected to the supernatural. And then you have Batman, who needs their help to solve this problem, yet does not completely believe in the supernatural. Actually makes me want to buy the books. I do hope that they continue to make dark justice movies. Having said that there were a few times when the action is on constantine the quality of the animation seems to drop for a few frames, but only when he is on the screen. Very odd, but I still loved the movie.

This movie was ok to me. The movie has a twist in it and the people in the city end up killing each other because they only see scary creatures the a people get killed there is killing there is evil from below and soils are taken etc. The team end up trying to find out what is causing this.If you like the animation movie then you should like this one. I thought in the past that a lot of other movie were better than some.I bought this movie so far I watched 2 time now. not to bad at all